Videodrome Radio

5/20/12

Hank — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:02:05 +0000

On tonight’s show:

- Girls (2012) HBO’s newest show reviewed by Smack Dahlia of The Silicon Valley Roller Girls. Check out Girls here.

- Game of Thrones: Season 2 (2012) The action and storylines in the novels vs the difficulties of adapting something into real life are discussed. HBO’s Game of Thrones website.

- Colossus of New York (1958) Get it on DVD here. Or Blu-Ray here.

- Interesting Death of the Week with B.K.: Peter Fuller – Racehorse owner, civil rights activist.

- The Pinball Arcade is amazing.

5/13/12

Hank — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:52:19 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

Six movies in sixty minutes. The timer clicks down our fate.

1. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) Get it here on Amazon.

2. Into The Abyss (2011) Get it here on Amazon.

3. The Lady Vanishes (1938) The Criterion Collection Blu-Ray. Get it here on Amazon.

4. His Girl Friday (1940) Get it here on Amazon.

5. Being John Malkovich (1999) The Criterion Collecion Blu-Ray. Get it here on Amazon.

6. Carnage (2012) Get it here on Amazon.

5/6/12

Hank — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:58:39 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- The Avengers (2012)

- The Story of Rock N Roll Comics (2005) Click here to get it.

- Dear Ad Campaign, Please Go Away: Febreeze and your rooms full of garbage and real people who don’t smell that garbage because it’s covered in Febreeze.

- Warner Brothers Inside The Script: All new e-books of movies scripts loaded with bonus features.
- Check out Casablanca here.
- Check out North By Northwest here.
- Check out Ben-Hur here.
- Check out An American In Paris here.

4/22/12

Hank — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:00 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- A Hollis Frampton Odyssey (1979) The Criterion Collection Blu-Ray set. Get it here.

- Dear Ad Campaign, Please Go Away. The first in an installment of advertising hate, focusing this week upon two despicable, tired, and malignant tumors of advertising: Progressive’s Flo and Aamco’s car-noise people. It’s all bad feelings and irritation just typing their descriptions out.

- The Making of Masters Of The Universe. Source: he-man.org

- Interesting Death of the Week with B.K.: Dick Clark. No link necessary. But BK spouts his theory as to whether or not Dick Clark & Ryan Seacrest are Highlanders. Hint: THEY ARE.

4/15/12

Hank — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:43:01 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- Assault On A Queen (1966) A disastrous, but thoroughly hilarious all-star movie (Sinatra stars, Serling pens, Ellington scores). Get it here.

- A Trip To The Moon (1902) The colorized Blu-Ray with the amazing piano score only available on the B&W version of the movie, while the wretched Air score is the only option on the colorized version. Ugh. Get it here (it’s still worth seeing).

- Interesting Death of the Week with B.K.: Jim Marshall – loudness man.

- The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival featuring the James Bond 50th Anniversary showcase and Kenneth Branagh talking Dead Again. Check it out!

3/25/12

Hank — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:31:08 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- Brief Encounter (1945) from The Criterion Collection’s David Lean Directs Noel Coward box set. Click here to check it out on Amazon.

- Blithe Spirit (1945) also from The Criterion Collection’s David Lean Directs Noel Coward box set. Click here to check it out on Amazon.

- Don’t live tweet TV shows. Your observations are unimpressive.

3/18/12

Hank — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:02:24 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- Wings (1927) The Paramount Classics Blu-Ray. Get it here on amazon.

- Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011) Click here to get it on amazon.

- Hoverboards! Hoverboards! Get your real, working (not actually working) Hoverboards! Go here to pre-order yours, you only have a few days left!

- Downton Abbey (2010-11) Click here to get it on amazon.

- Interesting Death of the Week with B.K.: Jerome Albert - Astroland founder, Cyclone savior!

3/11/12

Hank — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:02:29 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- Scarlet Street (1945) The Kino Classics Blu-Ray. Click here to get it on Amazon.

- Time Traveling Theories with the Videodrome Philosophers:

Featuring:

Q: A Novel by Evan Mandery. Get it here.

Primer (2004) Get it here.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) Get it here.

- Interesting Death of the Week with B.K.: Leonardo Cimino – Recognizable character actor

- The $1,000,000 Metropolis Poster: Read about it here.

3/4/12

Hank — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:54:45 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- Mirage (1965) Get it here on Amazon.

- Cinequest Short Films w/ Mr. Salamander!

- Alcatraz (2012) follow-up. Seven episodes in, it’s still good!

- Interesting Death of the Week with B.K.: Ralph McQuarrie – Star Wars pre-production artist.

- Mr. Salamander explains Angry Birds

2/26/12

Hank — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:07:07 +0000

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On tonight’s show:

- World On A Wire (1973) The Criterion Collection Blu-Ray. Get it here on Amazon.

- Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) The Criterion Collection Blu-Ray. Get it here on Amazon.

- Alcatraz (2012) Watch episodes on Amazon.

- Interesting Death of the Week with B.K.: Steve Kordek – pinball machine revolutionary

- This guy came up with the impossible: An idea that would have made The Phantom Menace a not horrible movie.

- Also: This guy (different from that guy above) tells you a smart way to watch the Star Wars movies, including the prequels, mostly.